The Minister of Education Dr. Dipu Moni said that, those who oppose teaching science and technology to Madrasa students and condone militancy want to make madrasa students beggars; they want to make it a country of beggars. Madrasah students will not study science and technology? Just pray and build a madrasa? But we cannot allow the country to remain a beggar’s country.
The Education minister opined so while speaking at a function organized by the Swadhinota Madrasa Shikkhak Parishad to demand the nationalization of madrasa education at the Engineering Institute auditorium in the capital on Monday (March 13).
While speaking as the chief guest, the Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni said, “With the photoshopped photos of the neighboring country, rumors were spread telling – ‘this is being taught to our children’. But the book is not at all taught in our country. Lying in the worst language; does Islam support lying? You call yourself the teacher of Islam. Does Islam support any of these attacks, threatening teachers, ministers with foul language? No, it doesn’t. I will correct if anything go wrong. We have corrected where we found mistakes; if there are more mistakes we will correct them too. The committee has also been constituted; the committee will look into it. It is not an easy task to publish 26 books amid the pandemic situation.”
The Education Minister said to the teachers that, those who do not allow them to learn science and technology; they use science and technology more. They mostly lie on Facebook. Can it be justifiable to use technology doing anti-Islamic activities? To use technology for spreading falsehood? Are they servants of Islam? Long ago, people used to go for Hajj on foot, then on camel back, now we go by plane. So stop going by air? Will we stop using mobile phones? Will they not utilize the benefit of the Padma Bridge or the metro rail? Will my madrasa students not be doctors or Engineers or pilots? Just only they lead congregation in the mosque? Or, will they open another madrasah? If not so, science and technology education will be needed. Did the knowledge of science and technology came suddenly or had to be learned? Allah has given everyone a super computer (everyone’s brain), will we not use it? Those who say that I will not use this, there can be no greater enemy of Islam than them. The first word Allah revealed was READ. Where as, they bar to read and learn! Which hand did our Prophet like? He loved the hands of donors not beggars. And what they are trying to teach is to stop science and technology and turn us into a nation of beggars. We can never allow Bengalis to remain a nation of beggars. We can never consider those who want to keep our country a country of beggars; those who want to stop the progress of the country, those who want to indulge militancy. So you will be vocal. Thank you for being there. We have to implement the new curriculum, which is very difficult to implement. We want your cooperation in this regard.
The Director General of Madrasa Education Department Habibur Rahman, Chairman of Madrasa Education Board Prof. Qaiser Ahmed, President of Swadhinota Madrasa Shikkhak Parishad Principal Md. Nazrul Islam and General Secretary Md. Telawat Hussain Khan and teachers were present at the event.